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and reporting from washington, i'm kathy kaye. as china a point new leaders, will pay heed a warning to crack down on corruption president assad vows to live and die in syria, striking a violent note as the violence continues. and born into indian royalty, she risk her life behind enemy lines during world war ii. today she is finally honored for sacrifice. >> welcome to our viewers on public television and also around the globe and. tonight, the princess is installing the menu are going to leave china -- the process to install the men who are going to lead and china is under way. the outgoing china -- the outgoing president told them the correction is so-called -- so bad in china it could threaten leadership of the state. >> two days after america elected its president, china has begun the process of anointing its next leader. but no election here, instead, 2000 communist party delegates, including many from the army gathered for their progress. .hina's 1.3 billion people the communist party has reform in china, but not in a norma
and reporting from washington, i'm kathy kaye. as china a point new leaders, will pay heed a warning to crack down on corruption president assad vows to live and die in syria, striking a violent note as the violence continues. and born into indian royalty, she risk her life behind enemy lines during world war ii. today she is finally honored for sacrifice. >> welcome to our viewers on public television and also around the globe and. tonight, the princess is installing the menu are going...
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but they also believe they can help people outside oregon and washington find ways to end their lives without breaking the law. >> it's our position that people who are terminally ill, who are looking at their death's approach not at some distant time in the future but "here it is, i'm approaching it now," those people can't and should not have to wait for absolute clarity on the law before they too are empowered with the means to control their suffering. >> seven principles for patient-centered end-of-life care. >> if a person is terminally ill and they come to compassion & choices for information, we lay out all of the options for them: stopping any medication or the therapy that is prolonging their life; discontinuing food and fluid and that would include stopping eating and drinking. and if none of those are available to them, we also talk with them about medication and we tell them what medications would be effective, we tell them a variety of ways that they could accumulate these medications, and we tell them that we will be with them at the bedside when they take medication tha
but they also believe they can help people outside oregon and washington find ways to end their lives without breaking the law. >> it's our position that people who are terminally ill, who are looking at their death's approach not at some distant time in the future but "here it is, i'm approaching it now," those people can't and should not have to wait for absolute clarity on the law before they too are empowered with the means to control their suffering. >> seven...
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london and washington may have refused to arm these rebels. but armed they are like never before. >> suarez: and margaret warner takes the story from there. >> warner: for more on today's developments and what they mean for syria's president bashar al assad, i'm joined by andrew tabler, a senior fellow at the washington institute for near east policy. he was in rebel-held syrian border regions in mid-november. andrew, welcome back. >> thank you. >> warner: first of all, how critical is the rebel seizure of some of these surface-to-air missile from the captured army bases? >> they're answer cloutly vital. for months the syrian army has harassed rebel held territories and they've bombed them into submission. with these shoulder-fired missiles they're able to down syrian aircraft of all types and it allows the syrian opposition to have the possibility of actually saying they have a pure liberated territory which is completely outside of the regime's control and that sets the stage for a possible benghazi-like pocket that could push president assa
london and washington may have refused to arm these rebels. but armed they are like never before. >> suarez: and margaret warner takes the story from there. >> warner: for more on today's developments and what they mean for syria's president bashar al assad, i'm joined by andrew tabler, a senior fellow at the washington institute for near east policy. he was in rebel-held syrian border regions in mid-november. andrew, welcome back. >> thank you. >> warner: first of all,...
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stocks rebounded on the hopeful talk in washington. the dow industrials gained more than 100 points. and the top appellate courts in egypt went on strike against president muhammad morsi's move to assume near-absolute power. morsi planned to address the egyptian people tomorrow. >> warner: online, we continue our series on social entrepreneurs with a profile of a woman who's breaking taboos. hari sreenivasan has more. >> sreenivasan: harvard business school graduate elizabeth scharpf launched sustainable health enterprises. it helps women in low-income countries to jump start businesses to manufacture and distribute affordable feminine hygiene products. find her story on our social entrepreneurs page. plus, on making sense, paul solman breaks down the pros and cons of investing in i-bonds versus 403(b) retirement savings plans. all that and more is on our web site newshour.pbs.org. margaret? >> warner: and that's the "newshour" for tonight. on thursday, another in our series of conversations with incoming senators. tomorrow, we'll talk
stocks rebounded on the hopeful talk in washington. the dow industrials gained more than 100 points. and the top appellate courts in egypt went on strike against president muhammad morsi's move to assume near-absolute power. morsi planned to address the egyptian people tomorrow. >> warner: online, we continue our series on social entrepreneurs with a profile of a woman who's breaking taboos. hari sreenivasan has more. >> sreenivasan: harvard business school graduate elizabeth...
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we were all stranded -- many of us were stranded at home in the washington, d.c. media market on monday during the hurricane and saw a lot of these ads in the virginia race. and it was just non-stop left right left right beating each other up. many funded by the outside groups and not the candidates themselvess. >> brown: let's focus on one case, ohio, tell us what you see there in terms of campaigns versus the outside groups. >> well, especially on the republican side, the outside groups are a huge factor. the republican candidate josh mandel has been outspent 3-1 by the outside groups in support of him. so he's been hugely helped by these groups. sherrod brown, obviously, has -- as the incumbent, had the incumbent advantage in terms of the money that he has available to spend but he' also getting a lot of help from outside groups. they are flood there had in ohio and the remarkable thing is that ohio is this big presidential state. it's not like the airwaves are free and clear. >> brown: never. >> so they're having to spend a ton of money. these aren't cheap med
we were all stranded -- many of us were stranded at home in the washington, d.c. media market on monday during the hurricane and saw a lot of these ads in the virginia race. and it was just non-stop left right left right beating each other up. many funded by the outside groups and not the candidates themselvess. >> brown: let's focus on one case, ohio, tell us what you see there in terms of campaigns versus the outside groups. >> well, especially on the republican side, the outside...
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to washington we keep a little. it goes into the extremely rich counties, fairfax county even down to prince williams county, louden county which we mentioned. these northern virginia counties are booming counties. a lot more population. a lot of people from out of state. highly college educated. it's a classic upper middle class sub urban area where democrats do well. >> i want to add to that that the republicans have become the more stridently antigovernment party. there's a lot of federal employees who live here as well as those who are working for federal contractors in different ways. it becomes a little bit of an attack upon the livelihood of people but add to that this incredible internationalization of northern virginia. i mean, dozens and dozens of languages are spoken in the public schools of fairfax county. tom davis the republican told me that there are 16 different languages spoken in his congressional district. he knew he was in trouble when he introduced the vee i vietname community. jim web who is sp
to washington we keep a little. it goes into the extremely rich counties, fairfax county even down to prince williams county, louden county which we mentioned. these northern virginia counties are booming counties. a lot more population. a lot of people from out of state. highly college educated. it's a classic upper middle class sub urban area where democrats do well. >> i want to add to that that the republicans have become the more stridently antigovernment party. there's a lot of...
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. >> reporter: so while all these cuts are one way to help washington get its fiscal house in order, c.e.o. bill polacek says it would take a massive, preventable and personal toll here in johnstown. >> everything i've worked for, everything everybody worked for, in 25 years of business that we're celebrating this year, could all be for naught, only because the people in congress, and the senate, can't vote to do what's in the best interest of the american people. >> reporter: congress has until january first to avert the sequester. until then, manufacturers, researchers, teachers and a host of others will be waiting to find out if and how the fiscal cliff will affect them. sylvia hall, "n.b.r.," washington. >> tom: we've seen the estimates on going over the cliff, recession, some even calling it debt-mageddon. but from tax rates, to entitlement spending, what are the real policy implications here? to answer that question, our washington bureau chief darren gersh recently spoke with economists from both sides of the aisle. dean baker and douglas holtz- eakin joined us and after a coi
. >> reporter: so while all these cuts are one way to help washington get its fiscal house in order, c.e.o. bill polacek says it would take a massive, preventable and personal toll here in johnstown. >> everything i've worked for, everything everybody worked for, in 25 years of business that we're celebrating this year, could all be for naught, only because the people in congress, and the senate, can't vote to do what's in the best interest of the american people. >> reporter:...
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but first, are small businesses getting worried by fiscal fears coming from washington? that's next with bill moller. e have been signs that key elements of the economy are picking up. small businesses, they're the backbone of the employment picture. what about small businesses owners? what are they seeing? there may be no better measure of that than the surepayroll small business scorecard. the data just came out for november. michael alter is ceo of the company. give us the soundbite version of what we are going to talk about. > > the headline to me is we're in the winter, we should start to see it get colder across the country, which may or may not have happened, but it is clearly frozen for small businesses. > yikes. all right. not a good soundbite. let's start with hiring, what is that doing? > > hiring is falling month- over-month by 0.1%. so, it's not much of a change, but it's certainly a change in the wrong direction. > now pay has been flatlining. is that continuing? > > pay continues to be flatlining, and that is why i say i think small businesses are really f
but first, are small businesses getting worried by fiscal fears coming from washington? that's next with bill moller. e have been signs that key elements of the economy are picking up. small businesses, they're the backbone of the employment picture. what about small businesses owners? what are they seeing? there may be no better measure of that than the surepayroll small business scorecard. the data just came out for november. michael alter is ceo of the company. give us the soundbite version...
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we'll be right back. >>> there is an apartment fire in washington. this is new video showing you this t started after midnight our time in a two story building. >>> the first floor as flee market. the firefighters use lighter trucks to knock out the worst part of the fire. they are afraid the building may collapse. it is north of seattle. we don't know if anyone was inside or anyone has been hurt. >>> i will look forward to updates on that. >>> and the shooter in arizona was sentenced to seven life terms and 140 terms for the shooting spree in arizona. he pled guilty to charges, 19, all to avoid the death penalty. >>> and a the former astronaut said it was tough to come face to face with the man who tried to kill his wife. >> it was a tough and long day in the courtroom. you know this is something that we have known we would go for a month. it has been tough leading up to the day. but it is behind us. >> the attack killed six and wounded 13. she resigned from congress to focus on her recovery. >>> and today afghan villagers will testify against ameri
we'll be right back. >>> there is an apartment fire in washington. this is new video showing you this t started after midnight our time in a two story building. >>> the first floor as flee market. the firefighters use lighter trucks to knock out the worst part of the fire. they are afraid the building may collapse. it is north of seattle. we don't know if anyone was inside or anyone has been hurt. >>> i will look forward to updates on that. >>> and the...
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. >> the biggest problem in washington is gridlock. we have democrats and republicans each behind their own bunkers and we don't get the work done that the constitution requires. >> what would do you to break gridlock? >> no labels has a 12-point plan called make congress work. >> you're going to make me listen to all 12 steps, right? >> i would like for to you listen to all 12. >> okay. >> step one, if congress doesn't pass a budget, then they don't get paid. second, be willing to compromise with the other side. step three, we want to fix the filibuster, step four-- >> is $119 a month too much for a gym membership. >> we want members t members to come to work five days a week. step six, question time-- >> i'm sorry. what step were you on? >> step 6. we would like to see the president come down to the welof congress-- >> what if i were to tell but the magical land of no gridlock. >> the land of no gridlock? >> yeah. >> i would love to see that here in the united states. >> well, it is here in the united states. time for a closer look.
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consecutivos, la cantidad aumento igual que la fiebre y millones de 43 estados del paÍs, ademÁs de washington y las islas vÍrgenes en donde fueron vendidos. >> muchos boletos con la esperanza. >> pero desafortunadamente no me ha tocado hasta ahorita nada. >> a pesar que estÁ ubicado en un soberbio han comenzado a surgir los rumores que arizona podrÍa ser un inmigrante indocumentado aunque de ser asÍ no tendrÍa problema alguno para reclamar el premio. >> por ahora es rumor si no estÁn con papeles si pueden agarrar el premio pero tienen que pagar impuestos poco mÁs altos. >> hasta estos momentos la identidad de los dos ganadores continÚan siendo un misterio y tienen solamente 180 dÍas para reclamar ese importante premio, en phoenix arizona, francisco cuevas, telemundo. >> precisamente hoy dÍa se anunciÓ que california serÁ parte del powerball del prÓximo aÑo ya que no se juega a esa loterÍa hasta ahora. >> durante meses estuvieron en el cuadrilÁtero de la campaÑa electoral y se acusaron de todo, llegando incluso hasta el insulto, pero siguiendo la tradiciÓn estadounidense el p
consecutivos, la cantidad aumento igual que la fiebre y millones de 43 estados del paÍs, ademÁs de washington y las islas vÍrgenes en donde fueron vendidos. >> muchos boletos con la esperanza. >> pero desafortunadamente no me ha tocado hasta ahorita nada. >> a pesar que estÁ ubicado en un soberbio han comenzado a surgir los rumores que arizona podrÍa ser un inmigrante indocumentado aunque de ser asÍ no tendrÍa problema alguno para reclamar el premio. >> por ahora...
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>> guest: is the washington, d.c. corporate utility which by the bay is 18% of the money from the tax payers including the taxes back to the government is the champion of the tax avoidance. they are better off than general electric. i've met and talked with them and they set up these holding company mechanisms so they make money. they're one of the worst utilities when it comes to service and i wrote about this years ago with the "washington post" did a big investigation and the municipal systems generally have good service records because they run as a public service to make a profit so pet car isn't unusual but worse than that on show how the utilities are being hired out, largely people but are traer utility people and women putting monopolies here and who understood this as follows service they've been replaced by financial folks and they've been hollowing out the utilities. so in california gas and electric got rid increases so it could replace the power poles. that's reasonable. the testimony is on average the l
>> guest: is the washington, d.c. corporate utility which by the bay is 18% of the money from the tax payers including the taxes back to the government is the champion of the tax avoidance. they are better off than general electric. i've met and talked with them and they set up these holding company mechanisms so they make money. they're one of the worst utilities when it comes to service and i wrote about this years ago with the "washington post" did a big investigation and the...
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. >>> tell washington. will lawmakers send americans off the fiscal cliff with a huge tax increase? the president asks middle class people to help make his case for action. >>> triple threat. three big storms, one after the other, about to pound the west coast. >>> and, made in america. do you want to make a difference, creating american jobs? david muir tonight shows us how to do it together for a happy holiday. >> we're in! >> we're in! >>> good evening. right now, millions and millions of americans are lining up to take a chance on a giant dream. a powerball ticket that could be worth more than half a billion dollars. the biggest in its history. the drawing is tonight. and some people have been willing to wait 2 1/2 hours in the long lines in arizona, while coast to coast, tickets are flying across the counters, 130,000 sold every minute. and that adds up to 7 million tickets sold every hour. so, we asked abc's steve osunsami to make his way into the vault where the lottery balls are kept under lock and key and tell us about all the americans hoping tonight is their night. >> rep
. >>> tell washington. will lawmakers send americans off the fiscal cliff with a huge tax increase? the president asks middle class people to help make his case for action. >>> triple threat. three big storms, one after the other, about to pound the west coast. >>> and, made in america. do you want to make a difference, creating american jobs? david muir tonight shows us how to do it together for a happy holiday. >> we're in! >> we're in! >>> good...
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, con posiciones extremas en inmigración y sociales, no vamos a poder ser parte de esta solución en washington. >>> sin embargo, estas palabras de romney en una conferencia telefónica.... estas palabras son ofensiva y demuestras que ni romney ni su kam rifrl entiende a la comunidad. >>> no sólo los demócratas están insultados. debemos parar los comentarios y errores tontos dijo el gobernador. >>> atraer a minorías es un tema difícil para republicanos, hasta algunos de ellos admiten que pudiera causar división interna. >>> en el futuro del partido no le pertenece a romney ya, si no a figuras jóvenes, nuevos litd res como marco rubio, y como a jef bush que es una conciencia del partido republicano. >>> partido que ya mira hacia 2016 quizás de forma diferente, en miami telemundo. >>> y por lo menos 4 muertos, 17 herido el saldo de un acudciden en área de midland texas cuando un tren impactó camiones transportan soldados y familias durante una parada honrando a veteranos de guerra, fueron impactado por el tren, la policía dice que hay 7 personas en condiciones crítica en el hospital.
, con posiciones extremas en inmigración y sociales, no vamos a poder ser parte de esta solución en washington. >>> sin embargo, estas palabras de romney en una conferencia telefónica.... estas palabras son ofensiva y demuestras que ni romney ni su kam rifrl entiende a la comunidad. >>> no sólo los demócratas están insultados. debemos parar los comentarios y errores tontos dijo el gobernador. >>> atraer a minorías es un tema difícil para republicanos, hasta...
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good afternoon welcome to capital account i'm lauren lyster here in washington d.c. these your headlines for wednesday november fourteenth two thousand and twelve u.s. president barack obama is reportedly looking for one point six trillion dollars and more revenue for uncle sam when he goes into those fiscal cliff negotiations on friday that's del will what was talked about with g.o.p. leaders in the summer of two thousand and eleven according to the wall street journal so he is doubling down. and i'll bring everyone in to sign that right away so we can give folks some certainty before the whole they see. we shall see about that but in the meantime the fiscal cliff is surpassed the euro zone crisis as the top concern for business leaders but was there a decision made recently that averted a pro long recession for western economies and we just haven't heard much about it chris whalen senior managing director of capital partners is here with an answer and to analyze impending threats and could housing be the antidote to the fiscal cliff it has been suggested as more an
good afternoon welcome to capital account i'm lauren lyster here in washington d.c. these your headlines for wednesday november fourteenth two thousand and twelve u.s. president barack obama is reportedly looking for one point six trillion dollars and more revenue for uncle sam when he goes into those fiscal cliff negotiations on friday that's del will what was talked about with g.o.p. leaders in the summer of two thousand and eleven according to the wall street journal so he is doubling down....
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council in washington who reportedly said it is their primary concern now while everyone is focusing on how to avert a recession and have their eyes on president obama's press conference today for clues about averting the proverbial cliff was there another hearing on capitol hill that was far more under the radar but dealing with another issue entirely give us an indication of where the economy is headed the stronger capital standards in our proposal would significantly lower the probability of banking crises and their associated economic losses. maybe that didn't look as sexy is obama's press conference or as the fiscal cliff discussion seems but that was from a hearing of the senate banking committee on the balance all three bank capital rules and that gentleman was talking about how important they are for good reasons but our guest is here to tell us why this issue has such a bearing on the economy and is so important to a discussion about its prospects and could be a very dangerous thing from our new york studio is chris whalen senior managing director at tangent capital partners
council in washington who reportedly said it is their primary concern now while everyone is focusing on how to avert a recession and have their eyes on president obama's press conference today for clues about averting the proverbial cliff was there another hearing on capitol hill that was far more under the radar but dealing with another issue entirely give us an indication of where the economy is headed the stronger capital standards in our proposal would significantly lower the probability of...
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it's wednesday november fourteenth eight pm here in washington d.c. i'm liz wall you're watching r t well how do you feel about bailing out the people and set of the big banks well that's what a spin off of the occupy wall street of occupy wall street is on a mission to do what's called the rolling jubilee and it's catching the attention of journalists and the finance sector it's being both hailed and scrutinized here's the organizations explanation of it. we shouldn't be forced into debt to cover basic needs like health care housing and education we need a jubilee a clean slate a cancellation of debts from the ninety nine percent here's how we're going to do it in america banks hold that on this shadowy market full of debt buyers that collectors then turn around and try to extort the whole amount from us that's where the rolling jubilee comes and it raises money to buy that but instead of collecting on the debts we buy we're going to abolish. the our. the map is on our side a little bit of money goes a long way if we can raise fifty thousand dollars
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one of the dirtiest and most expensive campaigns of all time coming to a close last night to leaving washington looking much like it did before the first votes were cast. president obama defied the polls and predictions in an election that was expecte to be one of the closest in history, even with florida tonight still upn the air. the president won more than 300 a tour of votes to secure another four years in the ovl office. many republicans are left in shock at the results asking how with 23 million people unemployed almost 8 percent unemployment, record national debt in excess of $16 trillion, scandals and cntroversies from operation fast and furious, the benghazi cover-up, how could president obama possibly win reection so impressively? a popular vote margin of more than 2 million votes, but an electoral vote margin of almost 100. an examination of the fox news exit polling data shows the obama campaign won big with key constituencies, and a strong showing by the democratic base responsible for putting the president over the top. president obama drawing on the latino comunity. xbox projecti
one of the dirtiest and most expensive campaigns of all time coming to a close last night to leaving washington looking much like it did before the first votes were cast. president obama defied the polls and predictions in an election that was expecte to be one of the closest in history, even with florida tonight still upn the air. the president won more than 300 a tour of votes to secure another four years in the ovl office. many republicans are left in shock at the results asking how with 23...
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to a government guaranteed loan where the bank really doesn't take any risk the risk gets pushed to washington so right there you can sense that the banks are not taking a lot of the risk they don't want to take risk and that means that there's a very large percentage of the total population out there they're really candy the refinance or existing mortgage or get a new mortgage on a new home purchase in some states california the southwest some parts of the southeast the markets are doing pretty well but here in the northeast basically from new york on up into new england we still have a huge problem because these are all states where you need a judge to bang the gavel in or do a foreclosure so if the recovery in real estate is very. very regional and i think by the end of the year we were january february timeframe we'll probably see the case shiller home index numbers going down again and that because right and that's what educators people are looking to saying housing is improving before we get into housing i do want to just finish up on this three this discussion because we got away from i
to a government guaranteed loan where the bank really doesn't take any risk the risk gets pushed to washington so right there you can sense that the banks are not taking a lot of the risk they don't want to take risk and that means that there's a very large percentage of the total population out there they're really candy the refinance or existing mortgage or get a new mortgage on a new home purchase in some states california the southwest some parts of the southeast the markets are doing...
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tahman bradley in washington. thanks for that sobering news for the rest of us this morning, tahman. >> our teams in arizona and missouri are working right now to find the stores and possibly the winners. we're going to have the very latest on "good morning america." >> sorry for the rest of you folks out there. >> i know. >>> now, to the pineapple express. a string of nasty storms barreling into the west coast. >> the first round of drenching rain and powerful winds already blew in yesterday. and more of the same is on the way today, through sunday. forecasters say it's like opening up a giant fire hose nearly 400 miles wide. that means they're in for a soggy mess from san francisco up to seattle. >> named the pineapple express because it originates in hawaii and moves towards the west coast. for more on the impact and the back-to-back rainmakers, we turn to accuweather.com and jim dickey. >> another round of soaking rainfall on tap for today in across california. there's an upper-level low pressure spinning in.
tahman bradley in washington. thanks for that sobering news for the rest of us this morning, tahman. >> our teams in arizona and missouri are working right now to find the stores and possibly the winners. we're going to have the very latest on "good morning america." >> sorry for the rest of you folks out there. >> i know. >>> now, to the pineapple express. a string of nasty storms barreling into the west coast. >> the first round of drenching rain and...
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i'm going to try to get together with her before going down to washington next week. i did get a call, just a nice, very pleasant courtesy call from harryreid, not anything substantive. i' mitch mcconnell but sure we'll have discussions with everybody down there >> any washington republican reached out to you that was not named snowe? >> yes, susan collins, o other republican senator had aith herd i offered to get her coffeer. >> when where you're heading. >> we'll be in touch, chuck. thank you very much. >> congratulations again. >> yes, sir, thank you. >>> i'm joined by the moderator of "meet the press." angus king will be an interestg player, david. he clearly would like -- he sounds like he wishes he didn't have to, that he would enjoy taking that power of being one independent senator. >> the streak of independence which i think a lot of senators woulde like to have, independent to come into this congress and say, let's ttle the score here a little bitnd w to governecause that, i think, is the real mandate that president obama brings into his second term, a mand
i'm going to try to get together with her before going down to washington next week. i did get a call, just a nice, very pleasant courtesy call from harryreid, not anything substantive. i' mitch mcconnell but sure we'll have discussions with everybody down there >> any washington republican reached out to you that was not named snowe? >> yes, susan collins, o other republican senator had aith herd i offered to get her coffeer. >> when where you're heading. >> we'll be in...
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i'm the most reasonable, responsible here in washington. the president knows this. he knows that he and i can work together. the election is over. now it's time to get to work. >> speaker boehner sounded ready to pull back a bit on his party's efforts to repeal the president's signature health care law. >> i think the election changes that. it's pretty clear that the president was re-elected. obamacare is the law of the land. >> but you won't be spending the time next year trying to repeal obamacare. >> there certainly may be parts we believe need to be changed. we may do that. no decisions at this point. >> diane sawyer asked speaker boehner about the first thing he said to himself when he realized the president had been re-elected. >> it's the hand i was dealt. i'll play it. i went to bed. >> right away? >> 11:15. i saw the handwriting on the wall for a couple hours. at 11:15, the race was, in my view, finished. >> speaker also said he's confident congress will reach a deal with the president on comprehensive immigration reform. that's a nod to the demographic thr
i'm the most reasonable, responsible here in washington. the president knows this. he knows that he and i can work together. the election is over. now it's time to get to work. >> speaker boehner sounded ready to pull back a bit on his party's efforts to repeal the president's signature health care law. >> i think the election changes that. it's pretty clear that the president was re-elected. obamacare is the law of the land. >> but you won't be spending the time next year...
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it's too important for washington to screw this up. now's the time for us to work on what we all agree to which is let's keep middle class taxes low. that's what our economy needs. that's what the american people deserve. >> the white house is also turning to social media in a new twitter hash tag to spread his message. >> today, i'm asking congress to listen to the people who sent us here to serve. i'm asking americans all across the country to make your voice heard. tell members of congress what a $2,000 tax hike would mean you to. call your members of congress. write them an e-mail, post it on their facebook walls. you can tweet it using th the #my2k. not y2k, #my2k. >> they showed support for cutting a deal with the president. yesterday the oklahoma republican repeated his belief that congress should start by locking in tax cuts for the middle class. >> in my view, we all agree that we're not going to raise taxes on people that make less than $250,000. we should just take them out of this discussion right now, continue to fight aga
it's too important for washington to screw this up. now's the time for us to work on what we all agree to which is let's keep middle class taxes low. that's what our economy needs. that's what the american people deserve. >> the white house is also turning to social media in a new twitter hash tag to spread his message. >> today, i'm asking congress to listen to the people who sent us here to serve. i'm asking americans all across the country to make your voice heard. tell members...
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tracie potts, nbc news, washington. >>> 4:46. cyber monday sales soar and the s&p ends a five-day winning streak. for more on that and the rest of our news before the bell, we turn to bertha coombs live at cnbc world headquarters. good morning, bertha. >> reporter: good morning. the futures right now are flat. stocks took a little bit of a step back on monday. the s&p snapped a five-day winning streak. investors are still cautious, watching what's going on in washington with the budget talks as lawmakers try to aindividual the so-called fiscal cliff due at year end. stocks came off of their lows on news that european leaders reached a deal to cut greece's debt. that's giving a little bit of a boost to stocks in europe. today we'll get data on demand for durable goods, home prices and consumer confidence. the dow slips to 12,967. the nasdaq edged up on the day, was up ten points to 2976. >>> and i don't know about you, but my fingers are a little calloused. a lot of folks joined me yesterday and they were doing a lot of pointing,
tracie potts, nbc news, washington. >>> 4:46. cyber monday sales soar and the s&p ends a five-day winning streak. for more on that and the rest of our news before the bell, we turn to bertha coombs live at cnbc world headquarters. good morning, bertha. >> reporter: good morning. the futures right now are flat. stocks took a little bit of a step back on monday. the s&p snapped a five-day winning streak. investors are still cautious, watching what's going on in washington...
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we have light showers over washington state this morning. you can draw a line from medford south wards. you'll be dry. after a cool start, a nice afternoon. some of the best weather in the country will be found in southern california to arizona. still very cold in much of interior nevada. as we look at your thursday forecast, we dry it out. still partly cloudy in the northwest and temperatures in the 50s. really we're looking at nice tranquil weather pattern for the next couple days. >> looks nice. >>> thanks so much. monday marked the beginning of the end for "twilight." >> e news asked pattinson if he'd ever play a vampire again before quickly adding the script had to be good. >>> victoria's secret has been under fire for using a native american style head dress on one of the models. a statement from the navajo nature said the lingerie maker is spitting on our culture. they have apologized and will cut the outfit from the show. >>> david petraeus became an easy target for jimmy fallon this week. take a look. >> the director of the cia, gen
we have light showers over washington state this morning. you can draw a line from medford south wards. you'll be dry. after a cool start, a nice afternoon. some of the best weather in the country will be found in southern california to arizona. still very cold in much of interior nevada. as we look at your thursday forecast, we dry it out. still partly cloudy in the northwest and temperatures in the 50s. really we're looking at nice tranquil weather pattern for the next couple days. >>...
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ide's great talent was he found a way to brush this aside much the way george washington brushed aside his own complaining subordinates in the revolution. while at key moments he put his foot down and essentially told the brits to stuff it. that didn't stop peter marshal bernard montgomery from becoming a thorn in the sight of all american commanders in europe for the duration of the war, but ike, omar bradley, george patton all managed to work around to minimize the negative impact of the war effort. so when the war ends, we are expected to supply wealth and prosperity to all. we do it to the best of our ability and yet did rings with it as irony that by supplying wealth and protection, you you are eroding the very disciplines that are necessary to maintain and perpetuate posterity for yourself and prosperity and freedom for others. that would be the challenge of the next 75 years and the topic of volume two. how to provide a canopy of liberty and perpetuate american exceptionalism while allowing the rain of difficulty and disappointment to remind americans and the world that the air
ide's great talent was he found a way to brush this aside much the way george washington brushed aside his own complaining subordinates in the revolution. while at key moments he put his foot down and essentially told the brits to stuff it. that didn't stop peter marshal bernard montgomery from becoming a thorn in the sight of all american commanders in europe for the duration of the war, but ike, omar bradley, george patton all managed to work around to minimize the negative impact of the war...
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grover norquist is behind that pledge considered one of the most powerful men in washington and has convinced thousands of republicans to sign the pledge. with fiscal calamity on the horizon some gop lawmakers are changing their tune. >> i will violate the pledge, long story short, for the good of the country. >> president has made clear, he will not sign a bill that extents the bush era tax cuts for those making more than $250,000. >> some republicans open to breaking the say they will do it by closing tax loopholes they say entitlement reform has to be part of the discussion. both sides are counting on negotiators to find common ground. >>> if you have a lot of holiday errands you may want to get it done today before the storm gates open. >>> we have three systems that are headed our way over the next several days. first tomorrow morning doppler showing all the cloud cover this morning. we are looking dry, we may see sprinkles throughout the shoreline today, otherwise the fog once again across the bay that is limiting visibility from concord to napa, fairfield half mile, quarter of a mile n
grover norquist is behind that pledge considered one of the most powerful men in washington and has convinced thousands of republicans to sign the pledge. with fiscal calamity on the horizon some gop lawmakers are changing their tune. >> i will violate the pledge, long story short, for the good of the country. >> president has made clear, he will not sign a bill that extents the bush era tax cuts for those making more than $250,000. >> some republicans open to breaking the say...
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today we watched a riveting showdown in washington, d.c., a woman, marched straight into the lion's den to take on her critics. she is the u.n. ambassador, susan rice, and she may be the next secretary of state if her opponents can't stop her. abc's senior political correspondent jonathan karl has the drama today. jon? >> reporter: diane, the white house and senate republicans appear to be on a collision course with some prominent republicans dead set against the president's leading candidate for secretary of state. talk about a test of diplomatic skills, susan rice on capitol hill meeting with republicans determined to stop her from becoming secretary of state. rice herself asked for the meetings, but the effort to smooth things over didn't exactly work. the senators demanded answers on why she tied the attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi, libya, to an anti-muslim video. they didn't like what they heard. >> the concerns i have are greater today than they were before, and we're not even close to getting the basic answers. >> it is clear that the information that she gave the americ
today we watched a riveting showdown in washington, d.c., a woman, marched straight into the lion's den to take on her critics. she is the u.n. ambassador, susan rice, and she may be the next secretary of state if her opponents can't stop her. abc's senior political correspondent jonathan karl has the drama today. jon? >> reporter: diane, the white house and senate republicans appear to be on a collision course with some prominent republicans dead set against the president's leading...
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>>> tonight, from washington, d.c., this is a special edition of "world news." an abc news exclusive. we sit down with the country's most powerful republican, house speaker john boehner. facing a critical deadline. will he and the president finally make a deal? or will this country fall off a cliff of huge tax increases and a new recession? everyone has said, a disaster is looming. >>> face to face. gabby giffords is there as the man who shot her is sentenced. her husband, mark kelly, tells us what was going through their minds. >>> freezing over. the families in the storm zone, hud. ing in blanketsing a they're hit with another storm. >>> and band of brothers. our bob woodruff, standing up for heroes tonight. the healing power of rock and roll. ♪ >>> good evening once again from washington, d.c., where the election may be over, but the clock is sticking on an issue affecting every american family. and standing at the urgent crossroads, the president and the speaker of the house, republican john boehner. there is a freight train bearing down on this country, c
>>> tonight, from washington, d.c., this is a special edition of "world news." an abc news exclusive. we sit down with the country's most powerful republican, house speaker john boehner. facing a critical deadline. will he and the president finally make a deal? or will this country fall off a cliff of huge tax increases and a new recession? everyone has said, a disaster is looming. >>> face to face. gabby giffords is there as the man who shot her is sentenced. her...
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washington and colorado decided to end the failed policy of prohibition. marijuana prohibition didn't work any better than alcohol prohibition. >> kevin, some of the costs involved, you know, 853,000 arrests for marijuana violations in 2010. really? isn't it a waste of law enforcement resources? >> it's a red herring to bring that out. for the ras, we can arrest and do it in a way where it doesn't follow somebody for their whole life. you know what arrest rate for alcohol last year? 2.6 million a year, and that's because alcohol is heavily advertised, it's commercialized and it's available in normal. when we normize marijuana, we bring it more to society. big tobacco is ready to pounce on this. big tobacco. >> -- >> no need to do that. you know that zero people have died from marijuana overdoses in history. 30,000 people die from alcohol overdoses. these laws are hypocritical. we'll criminalizing adults from using a fundamentally safe substance. >> i'm not criminalizing adults. death isn't the only outcome we're worried about. we're worried about the learn
washington and colorado decided to end the failed policy of prohibition. marijuana prohibition didn't work any better than alcohol prohibition. >> kevin, some of the costs involved, you know, 853,000 arrests for marijuana violations in 2010. really? isn't it a waste of law enforcement resources? >> it's a red herring to bring that out. for the ras, we can arrest and do it in a way where it doesn't follow somebody for their whole life. you know what arrest rate for alcohol last year?...
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. >> reporter: still, peace talks have gone nowhere for years, critics say partly because washington has not pushed both sides hard enough. >> the peace process yielded by the united states has helped nothing for the palestinians. at the end of the day, this is about land. >> reporter: a major concern for israel is that the palestinians could now use their new status to press the united nations criminal court to press the occupiers in the territory. today, they are threatening to punish the palestinians by withholding u.s. aid, brian. >> andrea mitchell in our washington bureau tonight, thank you. >>> and then there was that lunch at the white house today, the president and mitt romney who arrived at a side door, walked in and sat down with the man who got the job he wanted so badly. kristen welker has more on the story. at the white house with more on the sit-down between two former rivals, good evening. >> reporter: brian, good evening to you. this lunch was really more about optics than substance. and mostly, it was striking a tone of bipartisanship after a decisive campaign. form
. >> reporter: still, peace talks have gone nowhere for years, critics say partly because washington has not pushed both sides hard enough. >> the peace process yielded by the united states has helped nothing for the palestinians. at the end of the day, this is about land. >> reporter: a major concern for israel is that the palestinians could now use their new status to press the united nations criminal court to press the occupiers in the territory. today, they are threatening...
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he was at the washington ideas forum for 45 minutes. >> thank you very much. we have a writer who very occasionally writes for us. he's a public intellectual and map named bernard -- bhl as he's known, a moral and political philosopher, and he's a bit of a public celebrity so he's a man deep into his 50s, has shoulder length jet black hair, his signature look is he keeps his shirt unbuttenned all the way down to the belt, and he's a big personality. the argument about him in france is that he's equal parts vanity' for every part scholarship so a self-evidently envious political philosopher in france said define bhl's political philosophy as god is dead, but my hair is perfect. [laughter] so i've reserved a little piece of vanity for myers here. across the whole program, i just wanted to do one thing which is to introduce bill gates. walter isakson, my colleague in doing this work, did a story in 1997 about bill gates. here's how it ochedded. bill's parents decided he needed counseling. he was at war with his mother, mary, outgoing woman, who harbored the belie
he was at the washington ideas forum for 45 minutes. >> thank you very much. we have a writer who very occasionally writes for us. he's a public intellectual and map named bernard -- bhl as he's known, a moral and political philosopher, and he's a bit of a public celebrity so he's a man deep into his 50s, has shoulder length jet black hair, his signature look is he keeps his shirt unbuttenned all the way down to the belt, and he's a big personality. the argument about him in france is...